Mark Twain

There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.

It ain’t those parts of the Bible that I can’t understand that bother me, it is the parts that I do understand.

There is nothing in the world like a persuasive speech to fuddle the mental apparatus.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous, he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and a man.

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.

Do not undervalue the headache. While it is at its sharpest it seems a bad investment; but when relief begins, the unexpired remainder is worth $4 a minute.

Life is change; growth is optional. Choose wisely.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

I love when people underestimate me and then become pleasantly surprised.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared, but only men of character are trusted.

The first step in solving a problem is to recognize that it does exist.

Be grateful for what you have and stop complaining – it bores everybody else, does you no good, and doesn’t solve any problems.

You already have every characteristic necessary for success if you recognize, claim, develop and use them.

In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.

If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.

Most people think small because they are afraid of success, afraid of making decisions, afraid of winning.

If you put that effort in, you’ll get what you want.

The successful business executive can handle challenges and solve problems at a remarkable clip.

I will work day after day like I did my whole life … I’m not going to change anything.

If you can dream it, then you can achieve it.